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COMBINED BRUSH HOOK AND AX. No. 299,876. Patented June 3, 1884.

7 UNITED STATES EDWIN H. SUBLETT, OF ST. LOUIS,

MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO SIMMONS HARDWARE GOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED BRUSH-HOOK AND AX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,876, dated June 3, 1884.

Application filed February 27, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN H. SUBLETT, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combined Brush-Hook and Ax, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 is a side view. Fig. 2 is a front end view; and Fig. 3 is a section of the eye of the tool, showing part of the blade.

A is the body, B a hook formed on one end, and O a projection formed on the other end. D is a cutting-blade on one edge of the body and hook, and E a projection on the other edge of the body, having a long cutting-blade, F, in rear of the socket or eye Gin the projection O. The socket or eye is tapering, as

shown in Fig. 3, being of the smallest diameter at the handle end. Thus, when ahandle is put into the socket or eye in advance of the cutting-blade F and made fast by a wedge, it will be impossible for it to be pulled out, and any force brought upon the handle in the use of the tool will tend to tighten it in the socket.

I claim as my invention-- A combined brush-hook and ax formed in 

